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Chaz Bono
Activist and Entertainer
Male
Born
Mar 4, 1969
Age
44
Hometown
Los Angeles, Cali...
Other Names
Bono, Chastity Sun
Chaz Salvatore Bono is an American transgender advocate, writer, and musician. Bono is the only child of American entertainers Sonny and Cher, though each had children from other relationships. Bono is a transgender man. In 1995, after several years of… Read More
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Jennifer Finney Boylan: 'Unlike Some People I Could Mention': On Transgender Identity And StorytellingHuffington Post - May 06, 2013
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Chaz Bono: I've Lost 60 Lbs.ABC News - Apr 22, 2013
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Bill Clinton, 'New Normal' Nab Glaad Awards In Los AngelesHuffington Post - Apr 21, 2013
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Justin Adkins: A Trans Guy's Thoughts On Fallon FoxHuffington Post Sports - Apr 12, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1969
Birth
Born on March 4, 1969.
TWENTIES
1993
24 Years Old
Bono began a short music career with the band Ceremony, which released one album, Hang Out Your Poetry, in 1993.
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1995
26 Years Old
In April 1995, Bono came out as lesbian in an interview with The Advocate, a national gay and lesbian magazine.
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1996
27 Years Old
In the same book, Bono reported that Cher, who was both a gay icon and ally to LGBT communities, was quite uncomfortable with the news at first, and "went ballistic" before coming to terms with it: "By August 1996, one year after I came out publicly, my mother had progressed so far that she agreed to 'come out' herself on the cover of The Advocate as the proud mother of a lesbian daughter."
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THIRTIES
2008
39 Years Old
In mid-2008, Bono began undergoing a physical and social gender transition from female to male.
FORTIES
2009
40 Years Old
This was confirmed in June 2009 by his publicist, who identified Bono's preferred name as Chaz Bono and said, "It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his coming out did."
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2010
41 Years Old
Bono's legal transition was completed on May 8, 2010, when a California court granted his request for a gender and name change.
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A documentary on Bono's experience, Becoming Chaz, was screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and later made its television debut on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
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